I feel like with my life that I don't know beforehand what I will do, in some senses (1 Nephi 4:6). I don't know what career I will end up with. The Lord revealed strongly through two impressions, during President Uchtdorf's Sunday talk, that I should be a cop. I've started the process, talked to a RCMP recruiter and there might be possible hindrances with that because I've been lazy with the paying of debts that I have. So, if I was to give advice to posterity: stay out of debt and when you are in debt get out as soon as possible because it could have long-lasting repercussions. That advice works with spiritual debts as well (those caused by sin and yes I know we can never fully pay the debt we've incurred-hence the Atonement). Anyways, so I will pursue being a cop, but if I'm stopped by this debt thing, then that's why I don't know where I'm going to end up. The impression of being a cop came when President Uchtdorf spoke of driving around Canada and seeing that not all was beautiful with our landscape or houses(paraphrase). Also, when speaking of reaching out to others, he said we shouldn't care about what we see or smell. I thought about how cops would see and smell much that would be nasty. On the previous example, the vision that came to my mind is that cops go into the worst areas of a town, both spiritually and physically-thus by having, carrying the Spirit into such places as a torch, perhaps some might come out of their holes of despair. Please help me, O lord, lead me, guide me. I hope it can be said of me, that "Nevertheless I went forth" (1 Nephi 4:7).
Just a note- I can assure you that a lot of study has gone into this decision I'm making (D&C 9:8-9). I originally wanted to be a cop because I've always loved those sorts of things. As an example. When I was growing up, my friends and I had a group called CSIS(who do you think we patterned ourselves after?) and we loved just playing out little missions out. I've always loved espionage-type things, sneaking around and things like that. What does this have to do with being a cop? It's just the whole idea of fighting crime and upholding justice, I guess. I don't take it lightly, switching my career path up like this, because one thing I've learned is that the Lord prepares the before us and carries out His plan in our lives as we make our own choices with His guidance(D&C 9:8-9). An easy example of that in my life has been how I came to marry Amelia. We dated; I studied out her virtues as well as her vices, saw her in many different situations, made my decision that I wanted to marry her, and asked the Lord many times if that was the right thing to do. It always felt good when I got a response, nothing ever huge, and I received and undeniable confirmation and peaceful feeling that it was right the day of proposing to her.
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